Archive resources and collections in libraries: models for their control and access

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Assumpció Estivill Rius
First, we examine the context of creation of special collection units in libraries, and the reasons why libraries compile archive materials and collections. Second, we focus on the techniques used in library environments to describe archive materials and collections and to guarantee their accessibility. We examine the models used in the United States and the United Kingdom to describe and access these materials, and the cooperative projects launched in these two countries in the past few years. Finally, we offer a preliminary analysis of how these types of materials are currently dealt with in Catalan libraries, and issue some recommendations to improve their archiving and access.

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Estivill Rius, Assumpció. “Archive resources and collections in libraries: models for their control and access”. BiD: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentació, no. 21, https://raco.cat/index.php/BiD/article/view/121931.

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